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The Dawsons The Dawsons
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Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute
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Dawson at Tuskegee Dawson at Tuskegee
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Choral Music at Tuskegee Choral Music at Tuskegee
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Dawson’s Early Career and Further Education Dawson’s Early Career and Further Education
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Dawson’s Move to Chicago Dawson’s Move to Chicago
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1 Dawson’s Early Years and Education: 1899–1930
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Published:March 2023
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Abstract
William Dawson’s early life and quest for a music education is the focus of Chapter One. The welcoming atmosphere of Tuskegee Institute and shepherding mentorship of Booker T. Washington afforded Dawson the perfect climate to grow as a musician and scholar. Participation in the Tuskegee Choir and Band, as well as opportunities to travel on the Chautauqua Circuit, enabled Dawson to encounter influential people that included noted composer Harry T. Burleigh, a student of Antonin Dvorak. Exposure to African American poets and musicians such as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Will Marion Cook, in addition to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven forged a determination in Dawson to create music that would celebrate the roots of African American music in the United States. Continuing his education at the Horner Institute of Fine Arts and the American Conservatory of Music, Dawson prepared himself to be a musical voice of the “New Negro” that was espoused by Black spokesperson Alain Locke at the outset of the Harlem Renaissance.
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